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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.

Dorothy Parker

They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Quiet Storm
Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Enough Jealous Satisfaction Wine
Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
DOROTHY PARKER

Beyond Live Wild
Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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Death Growth Rose Willing
I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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Drink Food Funny Myself
I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Character Drink Identity Myself Problem Writing
Writing well is the best revenge.
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One Liner Revenge Writing
Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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Friendship Mom Pregnant Yourself
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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End Surprise Woman
And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Himself Run Stay
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Atmosphere Best Children Home
I hate writing, I love having written.
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Hate Love Myself Writing
Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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City Place Search
Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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Genius Material Talent Writing
It was written without fear and without research.
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Fear Research Writing
I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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Goodness Money Myself Togetherness Writing

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